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1000 Denars St. Cyril and Methodius, Silver Bullion
| Issuer | National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia |
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| Year | 2014 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The obverse depicts the St. Naum Monastery set within a landscape, surmounted by effigies of the Seven Saints: St. Cyril and St. Methodius flanked by their five disciples — St. Naum, St. Clement, St. Sava, St. Angelarius, and St. Gorazd. The Macedonian coat of arms appears at the upper right, with the denomination '1000 ДЕНАРИ' inscribed at the upper left. The year of issue '2014' is positioned centrally at the top, and the hallmark 'Ag 925 500 g' appears in the middle-left field, with the legend 'РЕПУБЛИКА МАКЕДОНИЈА' along the lower margin in Cyrillic script. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents two iconic bust-length effigies of Saints Methodius (left) and Cyril (right), rendered in high relief in a Byzantine iconographic style with selective gold-gilt halos and ornamental border detailing. St. Methodius is depicted in episcopal vestments holding a cross, while St. Cyril is shown in monastic habit holding an ornate gilded Gospel book bearing early Cyrillic script characters. An elaborate gilt arabesque border frames the entire rectangular field, and the Cyrillic legend 'СВ. МЕТОДИЈ СВ. КИРИЛ' is inscribed across the upper portion of the field. |
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Macedonia's central bank issued this piece under its bullion program at a time when the country was navigating ongoing disputes with Greece over the constitutional name "Republic of Macedonia" — a conflict that directly constrained the nation's international banking relationships and IMF representation for years. The 500-gram format placed it firmly outside everyday bullion commerce, making it more commemorative object than investment vehicle from the outset.
Saints Cyril and Methodius were Thessalonian-born Byzantine missionaries whose 9th-century development of the Glagolitic script — the precursor to Cyrillic — gives Macedonia a historically grounded claim to their legacy that neighboring Bulgaria and Greece have long contested. KM#43 is not a high-mintage issue.